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The supermassive black hole anchoring the Milky Way has been pictured for the first time by astronomers. Sagittarius A* is an enormous black hole at the centre of Earth’s own galaxy which serves as the fulcrum around which the spiral arms of the galaxy rotate. Astronomers at the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) revealed the image of the black hole , three years after they published the first-ever image of any black hole . In 2019 , the image of the black hole Messier 87* , 55 million light years away, made headlines worldwide and now the team has focused the telescope on Earth’s celestial back garden. Because of the ultra-dense nature of black holes , which are the remnants of a once gargantuan star that has become a supernova and then collapsed in on itself, nothing can escape their enormous gravity, not even light, making imaging them directly impossible. However, the international academics at the EHT used a network of observatories globally, including the famed … [Read more...] about Supermassive black hole at the centre of Milky Way pictured for first time

THE Hubble Telescope has delivered an incredible image of a river of star formation as four galaxies closely interact. The newly-revised image, originally released in 2010, shows a rare interaction between the celestial bodies in the Hickson Compact Group 31. NASA revealed the new image on May 17 with scientists referring to the pictured phenomenon as a river of star formation. "This newly revised NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Hickson Compact Group 31 (HCG 31) of galaxies highlights streams of star-formation as four dwarf galaxies interact," the agency wrote . In the image, to the top right of center lies a distorted group of bright, blue and white stars, reports NASA. This area is called NGC 1741 and it's actually two dwarf galaxies colliding. Read more on NASA SUN STORM Radio blackouts and radiation – scary risks of 'common' solar flares revealed STRANGER THINGS Nasa says 'something weird' is happening … [Read more...] about NASA’s newly upgraded image reveals flowing ‘river of stars’ as four galaxies interact – can you spot all of them?

Frost admits Britain needs 'benefits of Brexit to start paying off’ Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Since leaving the European Union, British passport holders go through European border control in a different line to their EU counterparts. Former London mayor candidate Siobhan Benita said: "At Lyon airport stuck in huge queue with other Brits for passport control. Before we left the EU I would have walked straight through with my French husband. "I will never not detest my black passport that symbolises everything stupid about Brexit." Commenting on a video of a long line in Gare du Nord, EU regulatory lawyer Jessica Simor said: "Brexit. What a stupid stupid … [Read more...] about ‘Stupid, stupid’ Remainers erupt at airport queues ‘Detest black passport!’

Ukraine: NATO and EU set to supply 'more lethal' weapons Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info President Volodmry Zelensky has continuously asked the EU and European countries to provide weapons to Ukraine to fight against Russian forces. However, weapons support is low and many levies are still being enforced by the EU, whilst the UK agreed to abolish quotas and reduce trade restrictions. Facts4EU.org analysed the current trade deals, coming to the conclusion it is "just like" the Northern Ireland Protocol. Researchers wrote: "UK responds with help, while EU dallies and maintains its Fortress Europe for trade. The EU delivers Ukraine its very own protocol just like … [Read more...] about UK responded with help!’ EU blasted for hitting Ukraine with brutal tariffs

One is becoming a seasoned professional at posing for photographs; the other is the new girl on camera. As Princess Charlotte poses for her seventh birthday photographs, she has brought the new Cambridge family dog along for her first pawprints in the limelight. The family dog, called Orla, is seen for the first time in an official picture taken by the Duchess of Cambridge , as the birthday girl sits with an arm around her faithful friend. Princess Charlotte is photographed sitting casually among a patch of bluebells in the woodland near her Norfolk home, in the latest set of charming images allowing the public their annual glimpse of the growing schoolgirl. With long, neatly-cut hair and an endearingly gap-toothed smile, the Princess is joined by black spaniel Orla. Thought to be around two years old, the dog joined the Cambridge family in 2020 shortly before the death of their beloved Lupo: himself the star of numerous family photoshoots including the first images of … [Read more...] about Princess Charlotte brings along canine friend for new photo marking seventh birthday

Putin discusses ‘weapons of unprecedented characteristics’ Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info TASS news agency quotes Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov issuing the warning saying: "We are warning that US-NATO weapons transported across Ukrainian territory will be considered by us as legal military targets." It comes after Sweden confirmed it would apply for NATO membership with Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin saying they would make a decision "in weeks". Russia previously said it would have to "rebalance the situation" if the two Nordic states joined NATO. FOLLOW BELOW FOR UPDATES... Ukraine LIVE: Putin dealt crushing … [Read more...] about Putin declares war on US and NATO as vehicles carrying weapons now ‘targets’

The entertainment auction house Julien's Auctions once described Colin Cantwell as the "missing link" of "Star Wars" history. Even the longtime partner of the concept artist, who died Saturday at age 90, didn't know of his attachment to the design of "Stars Wars," as well as of other classic films like "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "WarGames," until the landlord of their Boulder, Colorado, apartment forced them to empty out the basement, which had been packed with drawings, slides, models and scripts — a treasure trove of sci-fi movie lore. In 1974 George Lucas asked Cantwell — a UCLA film school graduate who had created animated graphics for "2001" — to sketch designs based on his draft screenplay of a war in a galaxy far, far away. Cantwell produced drawings for spacecraft and vehicles, including X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters, TIE fighters, the Imperial Star Destroyer, the Death Star, Luke Skywalker's landspeeder, the T-16 Skyhopper, the … [Read more...] about Colin Cantwell, designer of “Star Wars” spaceships and Death Star, dies at 90

Ukraine: Russian military are a 'house of cards' says Carroll Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info British troops training in Estonia are ready for an escalation should the war in Ukraine spill across the border, their commanding officer has told The Times. Some 70 miles from the Russian border, Nato troops, tanks, fighter jets and armoured vehicles have amassed for military drills under British command. This comes as Russia’s principal warship, the Black Sea fleet, has become more exposed to missiles and drones following being "seriously damaged" by Ukrainian forces. Lieutenant-General Rupert Streatfeild, the Royal Welsh commanding officer overseeing … [Read more...] about Ukraine: British troops ‘100% ready’ for escalation as Putin leaves key fleet exposed